Warning: Choosing to stop the Episode at any point will erase all progress.

You can not skip the cutscenes on your first playthrough of the Episode.

Completing this Episode of the Saga, unless completed on Monday or weekends as a first completed episode, will yield a total of 163,000 EXP plus 200,000 EXP from the Complete Saga Box. Thus, the first run yields a total of 363,000 EXP from completing this Episode plus EXP gained from killing the monsters.

However, if the Episode is completed for the first time on a Monday or over the weekends, a total of 463,000 EXP can be obtained instead.

Warning: Talking to Akule before the quest log records this quest will not mark this step completed. Although this does not prevent you from progressing, the quest marker will still incorrectly display this step.

Talk to Akule in Karu Forest near the Giants Spring artifact to the northeast.

Similar to Generation 16's The Blood-soaked Feather, look for small rocks with the quest marker hovering over the ground. Alternatively, since the rocks are NPCs, Ctrl + Left Click can be used to search them.

If you are in Commerce status, you cannot deliver the goods to Digo, and you cannot start the Shadow Mission due to your Commerce status. You must either quit Commercing (and lose 25% of your Ducat investment) or leave Bangor and deliver the goods to another Goblin Trade Helper in another town.

The Unknown Men have complete stun immunity and will also use Final Hit as well as Assault Slash. They have an extremely large aggro radius, multi aggro, deal high damage, and will pursue you a great distance so proceed with caution.

They have Natural Shield. After being struck with a ranged skill, they are capable of using Evasion.

Due to their stun immunity, using melee attacks is not recommended as they will immediately intercept it. Additionally, using pets with a stun on-summon attack, such as the Thunder Dragon's Thunder Storm and the Nimbus's Restful Wind, have no effect. However, pets with a knockdown on-summon attack, such as Fire Dragon's Fire Storm, can help take off the heat, though they will immediately get back up and attack.

If you cannot handle the enemies on your own, you can let Akule fight them for you.

After defeating the first two waves, a cutscene will occur and Akule will disappear. Defeating the third and final wave will yield another cutscene, ending the mission, and you will be warped back to the Lappa Village Mana Tunnel.